This December 15, La Elon Musk's social network has blocked all links and accounts that support users in getting started with Mastodon, its main competitor since he became president of the company and which continues to position itself as one of the most viable alternatives to this application, which generates a lot of controversy and doubts to this day.
Mastodon It is a very similar application in terms of its operation to Twitter And this has allowed him to become its main rival, especially after the various measures taken by the South African tycoon which are increasingly rejected by the community. However, Elon Musk has started to playing dirty and has restricted all URLs that encourage people to migrate to that platform.
Twitter blocks links and bans accounts that encourage people to join Mastodon
Twitter It has become one of the most controversial social networks of all after the arrival of Elon MuskAnd indeed, most of the decisions made by the South African magnate have generated much discussion, especially regarding his intentions to convert The application is something private and paid.
HoweverElon Musk He had previously indicated that after his new management at Twitter, users could begin to have greater freedom of expression so people would have the possibility of comment or post They wanted whatever they wanted there, but the truth is that all of this has changed.
Since last Thursday, any comments posted on the platform have been blocked. encourage users to migrate to MastodonThat's how the account of @joinmastodon has been restricted from the appTherefore, when people access it, they will encounter the following message:
“Account suspended. Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Rules.”
So far, there is no reason why the platform has made this decision, while Elon Musk has also not offered any details regarding this on his profile. However, this has not been the only measure taken against Mastodon because any link that redirects to the social network is marked as potentially harmful.
So far, Twitter has only encouraged all its users to comply with the internal rules of the social network, this by implying that Mastodon It has not done so, and therefore the measures taken block their profileThey have also added the following to their help center:
“Violence, harassment, and other similar behaviors do not encourage people to express themselves and ultimately diminish the value of public discourse globally.”
After a series of analyses by experts to understand Why has Twitter blocked Mastodon?It has been detected that the possible failure of the social network was due to tweeting a Link to the aircraft tracking account on your own serviceThis is something that is prohibited within the platform and could have been the reason for the suspension.
Therefore, this would be the perfect argument for the South African tycoon manages to block and invalidate any link I send to the rival platform from its interface. It's important to keep in mind that Twitter is prohibited from sharing people's location in real time.
The truth is that right now there is a lot of confusion in Twitter since, in In November, Elon Musk had indicated his commitment to freedom of expression within the platform, But after this block, everything seems to be completely false, so many users have rejected this action.
New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.
Negative/hate tweets will be max deleted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter.
You won't find the tweet unless you specifically search for it out, which is no different from the rest of the Internet.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
During these last few days, many things have been revealed Twitter account blocksr as have been the of journalists from networks such as The Washington Post, CNN or The New York TimesThis series of measures has undoubtedly placed in Doubt Elon Musk's words less than a month ago.
mastodon links won't tweet at all now pic.twitter.com/uo8EiM1wRH
— Taylor Hatmaker (@tayhatmaker) December 16, 2022
Mastodon's popularity has skyrocketed since Musk joined Twitter.
Mastadon It was an app with very little popularity before the arrival of Elon Musk on Twitter, But after taking the leadership of the platform, all this has changed, and each of the measures taken by the South African tycoon has managed to get millions of users to want to migrate from one app to another.
In this case Mastodon It has become the best alternative to the blue bird, and it's something Musk doesn't see in a very good light since, without thinking, this application has become one of their strongest enemies right now and that could undoubtedly jeopardize his future, especially given the difficult time his new project is going through.
Keep in mind that Mastodon It works from decentralized wayand being a Free software does not contain any advertising. y Nor are there algorithms that alter users' timelines. These are some of its main advantages that have led many people to want to start using it.
However, having in Twitter news And since it's uncertain what might happen to this social network in the future, or if it will actually become a fully paid service, having a plan BIn this case Mastodon.
Therefore, this digital platform is the biggest beneficiary of each of The measures taken by Elon Musk, which are increasingly rejected by users, Therefore, users continue migrating to Mastodon, an app that has been growing exponentially for several months and is projected to be one of the fastest growing social network for 2023.
